Gonzalo Piovi, Argentine defender of Cruz Azul became a costly loss for the cement team for the league due to a fracture in his right collarbone who suffered in the first half of the match against Toluca due to a clash with the Chilean defender of the scarlet team Jean Meneses, where one of the best men of the Machine in the Clausura 2024 tournament took the worst part in the duel where the light blues ended up winning 0-1.
The unfortunate action For the South American defender it happened almost at the end of the first half, when both players disputed a ball in the left alley of the Cruz Azul area and the Chilean arrived like a train to dispute the ball with the cement defender, hitting him on the right side which caused the Argentine to fall to the ground with his arm already without strength due to the tremendous blow and ended up breaking his collarbone.
Cruz Azul announced at the end of the game through their social networks that Piovi will undergo surgery in the next few hours to correct the affected area and that he can return for the next championship, so his withdrawal from the league has been confirmed.
The action was within the regulatory framework, as it was a collision with the shoulder, pero caught Piovi by surprise and with that part of the body loose, which contributed to the injury being quite serious, causing the necessary studies to be carried out in the next few hours to determine the severity of the injury, but beforehand it is presumed It is a fracture that will leave him out of all activity for the next two months.
Gonzalo Piovi arrived as reinforcement for Cruz Azul in the Clausura 2024 tournament and together with the Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mier and the midfielder Carlos Rodríguez they were the three players with the most minutes played in the 17 dates that the cement team played.
Upon his arrival, it was thought that Piovi would be one more of the firecrackers that have passed, without pain or glory in Cruz Azul, especially because the Argentine coach Martín Anselmi preferred him over the one who had been captain of the team, the Paraguayan Juan Escobar, who left the celestials fighting with the coaching staff supposedly for not having respected their hierarchy.
Now we will see what settings Cruz Azul performs to make up for the costly loss of Piovi, who was not only a bastion in the low box, but in the tactical scheme he was a successful libero to become another offensive weapon for the cement workers and who will be missed in this key stage of the championship.
One of the celestial variants would be to use Alejandro “Cachorro” Guerrero, one of the players from the light blue quarry who, due to the work of Carlos Salcedo, Willer Ditta and Gonzalo Piovi, had very little activity. Without a doubt a golden opportunity for the celestial youth player.
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